Green - Shades and Varieties of Green

Shades and Varieties of Green

(See also Shades of green)

• Green is the color of growing grass.

• Emerald green. The Gachala Emerald from the National Museum of Natural History, Washington.

• Jade. A jade dragon from the Han Dynasty, China. Jade can be many different shades of green.

• A 10th century celadon pot from China (Musee Guimet, Paris). The color celadon is a pale tint of spring green.

• Malachite green. A giant malachite vase in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• Lime green, Named for the lime fruit, inclines toward yellow.

• The back of the U.S. dollar has been green since 1861.

• Olive or olive green.

• Olive drab was the standard color of U.S. Army combat uniforms from World War II through the Vietnam War. This is the field jacket of the U.S. Army M-1943 Uniform from 1942.